Mysterious Man
John didn't move, as he found himself unable to. It wasn't a physical resistance, but a mental one. He knew that his life was not in his own hands at the moment, and no matter what he did, he lived and died by the whims of this mysterious man.
The Bloodfiend Elder, who had been in the Middle Meridian Forging Realm, had been disintegrated by what appeared to be a look from the man. John had never seen or heard of such a power, and was mostly sure that even the Vice-Sect Leader and Sect Leader could not kill someone with a single look in the same manner that this man just did.
With his own strength the same as the Elder's, John realized the futility of fleeing.
The mysterious man, whose hood he wore still hid his face in darkness, stared at John intently for quite some time. The man suddenly looked to the sky for a moment, as if staring at something, before looking back to John.